Development and Interaction of Cultures

Civilization: Shang and Zhou China

Themes	How does this theme apply to your civilization?
Religions	Ancestor Worship.
Belief Systems, Philosophies, and Ideologies	They believed that dead family members could affect them from beyond the grave. Also believed in many myths, most that could not be true, but reflected morals.
Science and Technology	Developed a complex pictographic system of writing. Domesticated rice.
The Arts and Architecture	Most art of their artwork were sculptures. Art could be used to earn a high position in the economical class pyramid.